Mount Davis (Antarctica)

Mount Davis (78°06′S 86°15′W) is a mountain located 1.6 km north of Mount Bentley and 2.4 km southeast of Mount Hale in the Sentinel Range, Antarctica. Discovered by the Marie Byrd Land Traverse party of 1957–58, under Charles R. Bentley, and named for Leo E. Davis, geomagnetician and seismologist at Byrd Station in 1957.[1]

Location of Sentinel Range in Western Antarctica

Sentinel Range map

See also

Mountains in Antarctica

References

"Mount Davis". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 9 October 2006.

This article incorporates public domain material from "Mount Davis (Antarctica)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.

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